Fourth graders research and write an author report on Roald Dahl, including books written by him, birthplace, family life, and other information on his writing. Students read aloud chapters in the book. Students create a newspaper...

Students think about and evaluate the meaning of a poem. It also encourages students to be original and creative in their thinking as they read, analyze and illustrate their story.

Learners review examples of poetry written to honor someone and brainstorm memories about someone they wish to pay tribute to themselves.

Students describe, analyze and generalize relationships, patterns, functions using words. symbols, variables, tables and graphs.

Students examine the poetic elements of a piece of music. They discuss favorite songs, select a song, and write a persuasive essay identifying the poetic qualities of the song lyrics.

Young scholars point to words in the morning message as it is read, then illustrate a printed copy of the message. Each page is added to a book of collected morning messages.

Students examine the use of apostrophes. From a given reading, students locate all words with apostrophes. Using these words as examples, students discuss rules for using apostrophes. Students match a person an an object from a list...

First graders engage in a study of phonics that focuses on the beginning sounds with an emphasis upon varying types of genres that includes songs, speech, and poetry. They recognize the beginning sounds of words and make physical...

Young scholars explore word sounds by participating in a visual relay game. In this vocabulary identification game, students create holiday themed images and cards based on the different holidays in a year. Young scholars place the cards...

Students read along with their parents to promote their own reading and fluency. In this reading lesson plan, students look at picture books and follow along with their finger.

Students examine and identify the characteristics of the different genres of literature. After being read and reading various stories, they identify how different books by the same author carry the same story elements. They discuss how...

Pupils look at the works of Shakespeare to describe and explain relationships among some of the different texts. The writing of the learners has the intent of increasing comprehension, interpretation, and critical analysis skills.

In this "ack" words worksheet, students unscramble the letters in ten words to spell words with the "ack" spelling pattern. There is a word bank.

In this word families learning exercise, students examine 10 words that feature "ain" in a word bank. Students use the word bank to unscramble 10 sets of letters.

In this "an" word family worksheet, students unscramble the letters in 9 words to spell "an" words. Students write the words on the lines. There is a word bank.

In this "-ine" words activity, students unscramble the letters in 12 words that have the "-ine" spelling pattern. Students write the words on the lines.

In this online interactive word families activity, students examine 10 words with the "it" sound. Students use the word bank to unscramble 10 sets of letters to match the terms in the word bank. This activity may also be printed for...

In this "-ock" words worksheet, students unscramble the letters in 10 words that have the "ock" spelling pattern. Students write the words on the lines.

In this "uck" words worksheet, students unscramble the letters to spell ten words with the "uck" spelling pattern. Students write the words on the lines.

In this word families worksheet, students examine 10 words that feature "ug" in a word bank. Students use the word bank to unscramble 10 sets of letters.

Students practice singing rounds in daily warm-ups for 2 weeks prior to beginning this composition lesson. Students incorporate movement to the rhythm of each syllable, discuss syllables of words and their relationship to note values and...

Students determine whether or not to save or spend and defend a decision.  In this personal finance lesson, students identify opportunity cost of various spending and saving decisions. Students read a story where two girls share...

Second graders write poems based on locomotive skills, such as hop, skip, or run. They read their poems to the class and they act out the action word by performing it to a finish line.

Learners read a rhyme together. They are asked to identify the first missing word of the rhyme. Students are asked if they agree with the word. They then use their mouse and select and place the remining words. Learners read the...